Improvement in skipfing-rods



`l. MURPHY.

Skipping-Rods.

No.148,489. Patentedmarhlwsu.

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JOHN MURPHY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN sKlPFiNG-Rons.

Specification forming part of Leters Patent No. 148,489, dated March 10,1874; application filed January 28, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MURPHY, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Skipping-Rods; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification, in which- .Figure l is a perspective ofa child with skipping-rod. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of ball on rod 5Fig. 3, an elevation of rod with handles and ball or block.

The nature of my invention consists in the viz., to add weight to themiddle portion, so as to enable it to be swung around readily. A furtheruse for the ball is to protect the rod from being worn away by contactwith the ground.

I have shown the ball constructed with a circular opening in its center,enabling it to slide readily or turn upon the rod; but I reserve theprivilege of applying it in any other manner, or afixing it to the rod,so that it will have neither a sliding nor a rotary motion thereon.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The skipping-rod A, having a ball orblock loosely swiveled thereon, and arranged to slide automatically tothe center, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a skipping-rod having swiveledhandles B and a loosely-swiveled self-adjusting block C, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this24th day of January, l874.

JOHN MURPHY. Vitnesses M'. DANL. CoNNoLLY, EUGENE P. EADsoN.

